General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists
Formation 1863
Type Religious/Incorporated
Location
Region served
Worldwide
President
 Ted N.C. Wilson
Staff
400
Website www.adventist.org

The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists[1][2] is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Its headquarters is located in Silver Spring, Maryland.

The General Conference, which is overseen by an executive committee and headed by the President of the General Conference is the administrative head of the global church. It is organized with a representative form of church government, which means authority in the Church comes from the membership of local churches, who send representatives to vote on matters at the next level up. Each level sends representatives to the next level. At the top, the General Conference elects the executive committee and officers to govern the Church until the next General Conference Session.

Major entities

Four levels of Church structure lead from the individual believer to the worldwide Church organization:

The levels are:

  1. The local church with its members
  2. The local conference/mission is made up of a number of local churches in an area, such as a state or province.
  3. The union conference/mission is made up of local conferences/missions in an area.
  4. The General Conference administers the worldwide direction of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

To direct its worldwide activity, the General Conference has established 13 regions, known as Divisions, which have general administrative oversight for designated groups of unions in major areas.

Divisions and Attached Unions/Fields

DivisionHeadquarters LocationTerritory
East-Central Africa Nairobi, Kenya
Euro-Asia Moscow, Russian Federation
Inter-American Miami, Florida
Inter-European Berne, Switzerland
North American Silver Spring, Maryland
Northern Asia-Pacific Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Centurion, South Africa
South American Brasilia, Brazil
South Pacific Wahroonga, Australia
Southern AsiaTamil Nadu, India
Southern Asia-Pacific Cavite, Philippines
Trans-European St. Albans, England
West-Central Africa Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Attached Union/FieldHeadquarters LocationTerritory
Middle East North Africa UnionBeirut, Lebanon
Israel Field]]Jerusalem, Israel

Educational institutions

The Seventh-day Adventist educational system is extensive worldwide, however only a few institutions are structured directly under General Conference oversight[3]

Outreach


Meetings

The General Conference Auditorium is part of the headquarters building in Silver Spring

The General Conference holds three meetings in which leaders from around the world gather to discuss church issues and finances. While two meetings meet annually, usually at the world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, the third meets every five years in a selected city.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.adventist.org/world_headquarters/index.html.en
  2. ↑ "Legal Notice". www.adventist.org. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  3. ↑ General Conference - EDUCATION ADS


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